 | Frederick Copleston - 1999 - 452 sivua
...his views of the nature and function of physical science. In the Opticks he does, indeed, say that 'the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical'.3 And he goes on to argue that reflection on phenomena... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 sivua
...productive than speculations based upon deductive reasoning from assumed truths. As Newton writes, "the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses . . ." Rather, his analytic method "consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing... | |
 | Antonio T. De Nicolás - 2000 - 582 sivua
...other causes to metaphysics," banish nonmechanical causes from physics. Then he summed up his own view: "The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects till we come to the very first cause which certainly is not mechanical." THE SCIENCES NOW HAVE MASKS ON THEM Having extracted... | |
 | Edwin Arthur Burtt - 2000 - 368 sivua
...arguments for the divine origin of the world are spread forth upon the pages of his classic works. "The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effectSi till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical ; and not only to... | |
 | Michael R. Matthews - 2000 - 474 sivua
...first cause argument, saying that "the main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phaenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical." This first nonmechanical cause is necessary to... | |
 | Gerald James Holton, Stephen G. Brush - 2001 - 604 sivua
..."first cause," the Deity): . . . the main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phaenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the Mechanism of the World,... | |
 | I. Bernard Cohen, George E. Smith - 2002 - 518 sivua
...Causes to Metaphysicks: Whereas the main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phaenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical.12 Taken together, these representative passages... | |
 | Lisa M. Dolling, Arthur F. Gianelli, Glenn N. Statile - 2003 - 762 sivua
...hypotheses for explaining all things mechanically, and referring other causes to metaphysics; whereas the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world,... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - 2003 - 452 sivua
...his views of the nature and function of physical science. In the Oplicks he does, indeed, say that 'the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical'.3 And he goes on to argue that reflection on phenomena... | |
 | Richard Feist - 2004 - 241 sivua
...planets and comets move: "Whereas the main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phaenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical." Newton then develops an Argument from Design,... | |
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Whereas the main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the Mechanism of... 
